Vocal Tract Discomfort and Risk Factors in University Teachers

Korn, Gustavo Polacow; Pontes, Antônio Augusto de Lima; Abranches, Denise Calutá; Pontes, Paulo

doi:10.1016/j.jvoice.2015.06.001

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“…The few literature available regarding the university professors voice has shown that variables related to organizational work conditions, workplace, vocal care, vocal habits and lifestyle are considered to be risk factors to develop vocal symptoms, although with lower probability when compared to other teaching professions (4) . One of the symptoms that university professors have is vocal fatigue (1,2,5,6) .…”

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Percepção de fadiga em professores universitários de acordo com o nível de conhecimento sobre saúde e higiene vocal

Paula

Cercal

Novis

et al. 2019

Audiol., Commun. Res.

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RESUMO Objetivo Analisar a percepção de fadiga em professores universitários, de acordo com o nível de conhecimento sobre saúde e higiene vocal. Métodos Estudo observacional, transversal e analítico. Participaram 235 professores universitários, divididos em: Grupo 1 (G1) - 201 professores universitários, com maior conhecimento sobre saúde e higiene vocal; Grupo 2 (G2) - 34 professores universitários, com menor conhecimento sobre saúde e higiene vocal. Os participantes responderam ao instrumento Índice de Fadiga Vocal (IFV). Os dados foram analisados utilizando-se o teste de Mann-Whitney (p<0,05). Resultados Professores universitários do G1 apresentaram percepção de fadiga significativamente maior que os professores universitários do G2, nos domínios fadiga e restrição vocal (p=0,010) e recuperação com repouso vocal (p=0,039). Conclusão Professores universitários com maior conhecimento sobre saúde e higiene vocal apresentam maior percepção da fadiga vocal.

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Percepção de fadiga em professores universitários de acordo com o nível de conhecimento sobre saúde e higiene vocal

Paula

Cercal

Novis

et al. 2019

Audiol., Commun. Res.

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“…Es válido reconocer también que, en algunos de los estudios citados, las variables como carga, duración de las clases, número de estudiantes, no fueron variables significativamente correlacionadas con el daño vocal, específicamente al referirse a docentes de nivel superior (Polacow, De Lima, Abranches, & De Lima, 2016), (Lee, Kim, & Lee, 2018), ver Tabla 4.…”

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Peligros ocupacionales que aportan a la presencia de síntomas de disfonía en docentes

Fajardo¹

2019

Rev. Areté

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El objetivo de este artículo es describir los peligros ocupacionales que aportan a la presencia de síntomas de disfonía en docentes, a partir de un ejercicio de recopilación y organización de la información reportada a través de artículos indexados en las Bases de datos disponibles en la Universidad Santiago de Cali – Valle, desde el año 2012 al 2018. Se pretende que esta recopilación sirva como referencia para posteriores estudios. En total se tomaron en cuenta 50 publicaciones según los criterios metodológicos; a partir de estas se da cuenta de las particularidades de la voz del docente en el trabajo, incluyendo la sintomatología que reflejan los afectados por la disfonía y los principales peligros ocupaciones que influyen en la misma

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“…9 In the first study, we concluded that university teachers have a high prevalence of hoarseness (39.6%) and that factors such as teaching time, female gender, work organization, noise and sound competition in the work environment, air pollution and stress and anxiety in the work environment, tension, personal habits and lifestyle/quality of life are related to the presence of hoarseness in this population. 5 In the second study, 6 we concluded that university teachers have a high prevalence of vocal tract discomfort (50.8%) and identified related factors, which included female gender, age (≤ 60 years), time-consuming professional activities, noise and sound competition in the workplace, air pollution-related stress and anxiety, access to free water, care or medication used for the voice, seeking a doctor's care for the symptom, the degree of teaching difficulty in terms of use of voice within and outside the workplace, tension, stress and anxiety.…”

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“… 1 3 4 However, only a few of these studies included university teachers. 5 6 University teachers should be studied as a single group because they may exhibit high levels of social and cultural uniformity 5 6 since they are a homogeneous group (for instance, university teachers subject to the same work shifts at a single institution, under the same environmental conditions, in a single city).…”

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Vocal Symptoms and Associated Risk Factors between Male and Female University Teachers

Korn

Park

Pontes

2017

Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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Introduction Many recent studies on teachers warn of the adverse effects that voice problems have on work performance. However, only a few of these studies included university teachers. Objective To compare the vocal symptoms and risk factors between male and female university teachers in a private institution within the city of São Paulo. Methods In a cross-sectional survey, a voice self-evaluation form prepared by the Ministry of Labor in Brazil was administered to 846 university teachers at a private institution in the city of São Paulo. Results The percentage of hoarseness, vocal tract discomfort, neck pain and foreign body sensation was significantly higher in female than in male subjects. A significantly higher percentage of males participated in other professional activities in addition to teaching, reported working in a calm environment compared with working in a moderately or severely tense and stressful environment, and rated themselves as calm, slightly stressed and anxious or moderately stressed and anxious rather than very stressed and anxious. A significantly higher percentage of females spent most of their time teaching compared with performing other professional activities, and rated themselves as chatty or impulsive. Conclusion Among university teachers, a significantly higher percentage of females than males reported hoarseness, vocal tract discomfort, neck pain and foreign body sensation. Some risk factors related to work organization, workplace environment, voice care and quality of life variables were related to this higher prevalence in females.

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Vocal Tract Discomfort and Risk Factors in University Teachers

Cited by 28 publications

References 13 publications

Percepção de fadiga em professores universitários de acordo com o nível de conhecimento sobre saúde e higiene vocal

Percepção de fadiga em professores universitários de acordo com o nível de conhecimento sobre saúde e higiene vocal

Peligros ocupacionales que aportan a la presencia de síntomas de disfonía en docentes

Vocal Symptoms and Associated Risk Factors between Male and Female University Teachers

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